Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - were
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1. Were is the plural and the second person singular of the past tense of be. 2. Were is sometimes used instead of ‘was’ in certain structures, for example in conditional clauses or after the verb ‘wish’. (FORMAL) He told a diplomat that he might withdraw if he were allowed to keep part of a disputed oil field... 3. as it were: see as ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Etymology: Middle English ~ (suppletive singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of been to be), ~n (suppletive past plural of been), from Old English w?re (singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of wesan to be), w?ron (past plural indicative of wesan), w?ren (past plural subjunctive of wesan) — more at was past second singular, past plural or past subjunctive of be ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. 1-е, 2-е и 3-е л. мн. ч. прошедшего времени гл. to be 2. ист. вира (денежная пеня за убийство) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. wжron (past plural indicative of wesan) and wжre (second person singular past indicative). The forms illustrate Verner's Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the "s" to "z" sound shift, and rhotacism, which changed "z" to "r." Wast (second person sing.) was formed 1500s on analogy of be/beest, displacing were. An intermediate form, wert, was used in literature 17c.-18c., before were reclaimed the job. See was. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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